The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-01-19
TIE LAWS OF THE STATE,

SOME OF THE ACTS riSSiI' ~ TFi
RECENT LEG:SLATI&E
Statutory Provisions on Various a't,'e''
OF Public Interest.
The following are some OF the moro
important Acts passed at the cecent ses
sion of the General Assembly:
ARREST AND BAIL.
An ACT to Amend Section 300 Of tbs
Code OF Civil Procedure, relating *
Arrest and Bail.
SECTION l. That Section 200 OF tbs
Code Of Civil Procedure be amended b
adding thereto tie following, to Ae
known as Paragraph s:
''I1 an action for the recovery o!
damages in cause OF actioa net arising
out contract, when the defendant IS a
nonresident Of the State, or Is about to
remove therefrom, or when the action IS
for injury to person or character, or Tor
injuring or for wronsfully taking, de
tainig or converting property.
ThWkEES AND PEDDLLi"S.
An ACT to amend Sections / $50 and ~
of the General Statutes, relating TO
Hawkers and Peddlers.
SECTION l. That Sections 1859 Of the
General Statutes be. and the same IS
hereby, amended, so that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows:
ssSection 1,339. The Clerk o. the Court
of Common Pleas for each county shall
have authority to issue such License to
any hawker or pedd!er, to be available
within the limits Of his county, and 10
be OF force for the space OF one yegr
from the date Of issue; and he shall
charge for any such license fee OF one
hundred dollars, to be paid by him into
the hands of the county treasurer for the
use of the county.
Sec. =. That Section 1,33.2 OF the Gen
eral Statutes be, and the sane IS hereby,
amended, so that said section, IS amend
ed, shall read as follows:
ssSection 1912. The provisions of this
chapter shall rot extend to vendors OF
fruit, maps, newspapers, magazines,
books. vegetables, tobacco, provisions
ofany kind, or agricultu al products, or TO
sales by sample by persons travelling for
established commercial houses, or to
sales of staple articles manufactured IN
this State
PARTITION.
IN ACT to amend an Act entitled can
Act to amend Section 1850 Of the
General Statutes, IN relation 70 Parti-
tion, approved December IS, A. D.
yf1oS /. That an Act entitled can
Act to amend Section 1850 OF the Gen
eral Statutes, IN relation 20 partition, .
approved December 26, 1885, De amend
ed by adding thereto the following
proviso: Provided, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed TO affect
the power of the Court Of Common
Pleas to dispense with the issuing OF
such writ IN cases where, IN the ludg-
ment of the Court, it woald involve un-
necessary expense to issue the same, and
the Court sEall have power II all pro-
ceedings in partition, without recourse
to the said writ, to determine, by means
of testimony taken before tie proper
officer and reported to the Court, wheth-
er partition in kind among the parties
be practicable or expedient; aid IN cases
where such partition cannot be fairly
and equally made, to order a sale Of the
property and a division OF the proceeds,
according to the rights Of the parties.
TIE STEALING oE MELONS AID FRUIT.
An ACT to Punish the Stealing Of Melons
or Fruits.
SECTION l. That whoever shall steal
from the premises Of another any melons
or fruits, whether severed from the free
hold or not, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprisonment for
not more than thirty days, or By tine OF
not more than fifty dollars.
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
An AcT to amend Section 6lS of the
General Statutes OF South Carolina,
relating to the Repairs OF Highwas.
SECTION l. That Section SIS Of the
General Statutes of South Carolina be,
and the same IS hereby, amended so as
to read:
ssSEcr1oS 6lS. The county commits
sioners shall..take charge OF and superin-
tend the repair Of the highways IN the
county; the bridges shall be repaired
under their supervision, and theexpense
of the same shall be paid out Of the
money in the treasury, raised and appro-
priated for this purpose; and al the
work on bridges given out by the county
commissioners, when the amount shall
exceed the sum of ten dollars, shall be
done by contract; when the amount
shall exceed the sum OF one hundred
dollars the county commissioners are
hereby required to advertise the same IN
at least one OF the papers in tbs county
said proposal in all such cases be accom-,
panied by two or more sufficient suretles
when the amount is less than one hun
6red dollars and IS over ten dollars, the
county commissioners are hereby re,
ouired to advertise the same by posting
notice in three public places, one Of
which must be at the place where the
work is to be done; said notices to bt
posted ten G0) days prior TO the day OF
which work is TO be let; and the county
commissioners shall have the right tt
reject any orall bids il in their judgment
the interest Of the county SO requires.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
An ACT to allow persons vino shall have
resided within this State for ten year.
since the close OF the Civil War, anG
who have lostaheir legs or arms, Q,
have been permanently disabled i